On Monday 9 September 2008, I'm going to release the writers of SBC Voices upon the world. That sounds a little more dramatic than it should, but I am really excited about where this website is going. You've all known about our listing of SBC blogs. This has been and will continue to be the heart of this website. But I think it's time to expand into more on site conversation too. The net result should be more interation across the entire SBC blogosphere. Here is what you can expect. 1. Sending Traffic The best way to grow a blog is to send people elsewhere. It's ironic but true. The DNA … [Read more...] about Re-Introducing The SBC Voices Blog
Get Your Blog Listed
If you are a Southern Baptist, maintain a blog, and would like to get listed on SBC Voices - please do the following: Email Tony@SBCvoices.com your name, blog URL, state, and any other details. Consider linking SBC Voices using the banners below. Wait ... most sites will be listed within 48 hours. 150 px wide Sidebar Button Copy and paste this html into your blog sidebar or post. <a title="Southern Baptist Blogs" href="https://sbcvoices.com"><img src="https://sbcvoices.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/sbcvoices150.jpg" alt="SBC Voices Logo" /></a> 180 px … [Read more...] about Get Your Blog Listed
Important Mp3 Download For Southern Baptists
If you're interested in the direction of the SBC, then these downloads should be a priority. In my opinion, Dr. Akin and the SEBTS will be setting the direction of the convention more than any other group in the coming years. Doug Baker, of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, interviewed the Between The Times writers for the Insight podcast. The interview is broken down into three parts. The audio (MP3) are: Interview with Between the Times Part 1 Part I – The Recipients of the Great Commission; The Use of Means and a Great Commission Effort; The Great Commission – a … [Read more...] about Important Mp3 Download For Southern Baptists
SBC Outpost Redirected
I was browsing feeds and notice that all that sbcoutpost.com has now been redirected to www.sbcimpact.net I didn't hear the offical word that the site was going offline. Does anyone know the story? … [Read more...] about SBC Outpost Redirected
Writers Wanted: Join SBC Voices
SBC Voices is just under one year old, and up to this point we've posted very little content of our own. The emphasis was to create one site to listen to all the different voices in SBC life. To date, we have 394 feeds and news sources listed by state and other factors. Moving forward I'll be finding writers to create original posts here on SBC Voices. We'll be joining the conversation started by so many other SBC bloggers. Here are the volunteers I'm need: Help Wanted Our content editor will be experienced with WordPress and control the flow of posts on the blog. This person will be … [Read more...] about Writers Wanted: Join SBC Voices
SBC Bloggers & Hurricane Gustav
Because our SBC blogs are tagged by state, you can follow bloggers from the areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Here are the states to watch. Louisiana Southern Baptist Bloggers Mississippi Southern Baptist Bloggers Texas Southern Baptist Bloggers … [Read more...] about SBC Bloggers & Hurricane Gustav
Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times
The following information was sent to me and I thought it might interest some of our SBC Voices readers: There is a new discipleship resource available titled, Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times (190 pages, 8 ½ by 11, softcover, BHC Publishing, 2008). Designed for individual, small group or church wide use, Winning The Real Battle At Church equips congregations to address church conflict proactively and biblically. The interactive format of this resource is unique among materials currently available in the areas of biblical conflict … [Read more...] about Winning The Real Battle At Church: What Holds Your Church Together During Troubled Times
Calling For Feeds
I've worked through the feed recovery process, and I have about 95% of the feeds back into the aggregations pages. The final 5% would require a lot of backtracking and mining old emails, which I most likely will never get around to doing. So, I need your help. As always, you can send me information about blogs that should be included in SBC Voices. My goal is to include as many different "SBC Voices" as possible. Here is the information that I need: blog URL name of blogger state of blogger SBC church any other categories that I tag including: denominational employees, ministers, … [Read more...] about Calling For Feeds
Ben Cole Leaving The SBC?
I just read the soon to be notorious "exit strategy" post from Benjamin Cole on SBC Outpost. He lists a few final observations about the Southern Baptist Convention which were interesting to read. I would like to have heard his thoughts on the changing nature of communications within the convention, largely due to blogs. It seems that our increasingly level access to information will chip away at some of the very issues which he's been protesting. Update: Since SBC Outpost is now closed, I've salvaged the text of Ben Cole's "Exit Strategy" post from 12 July 2008. Posting it here is not … [Read more...] about Ben Cole Leaving The SBC?
Temporary Problems With The SBC BLog Feeds
Over the next few weeks I'll be working to restore many of the feeds here at SBC Voices. The story is a little complicated, but my failure to backup has created some issues. I will be manually re-tagging the feeds, which will restore everything to its proper category. A few people have emailed me to ask what is going on. Let me assure the conspiracy theorists among us that no SBC Voice was deleted on purpose. My aim has always been to give equal coverage to the great and small among us (the wrong and right as well). The "feed recovery" efforts should take about 10 hours total. … [Read more...] about Temporary Problems With The SBC BLog Feeds